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Election of Abrahm LIncoln
Abrahm lincoln got elected on this date. Received 40% votes. He had three contestant. -
Tx sucedes from the Union
they did not feel that Washington had lived up to promises.n 1861, a popular referendum voted to secede, making Texas the seventh and last state of the Lower South to do soClayton E. Jewett wrote in Texas in the Confederacy: An Experiment in Nation Building that its identity remained somewhat separate from the rest of the Confederacy. -
Battle at Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–14, 1861) was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil WarUNION
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0 totalOn Thursday, April 11, 1861, Confederate Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard dispatched aides to Maj. Anderson to demand the fort’s surrender. Anderson refused. The next morning, at 4:30 a.m., Confederate batteries opened -
Battle of Galveston
As part of the Union blockade of the Texas coast, Commander William B. Renshaw led his squad of eight ships into Galveston harbor to and told the people to surrender the most important Texas port on October 4, 1862. -
Houston kicked out of office
During his term, Houston decided to be a governor. He won and tried to keep Texas from seceding from the Union. He failed and when Texas did secede, Houston was thrown out of office because he refused to pledge allegence to the Confederate States of America. Sam Houston died on July 26, 1863. He is the only person t o be thrown out of the governor's office in two different states. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Robert E. Lee led his Army of Northern Virginia in its second invasion of the NorthWith his army in high spirits, Lee intended to collect supplies in the abundant Pennsylvania farm. -
Battle of Sabine
Union flotilla of four gunboats and seven troop transports moved into Sabine. they came under fire from six cannons.Further Union operations in the area came for about a month -
Red river campain
Major General Nathanial Banks' “Red River Campaign” began in March, 1864. The campaign involved a “pincer” movement with Banks advancing north. -
End of Civl War
The end of the civil war was good, because men stopped dying and we saved money. And we all worked together.. -
Reconstruction ends
Most of the reconstruction was done by freed slaves and most of the battles were on the south so it was kinda hard because they always wanted to steal the slaves. -
Battle of Palmito ranch
It was the last battle it was in texas. -
Juneteenth
